ibVPN Android App Beta

by Adam Gill

VPN provider ibVPN is jumping on the Android bandwagon with their new VPN app for Android. Though still in beta testing, many current ibVPN users will be pleased to have the ibVPN quality and features they are used to on their Android devices.The ibVPN Android client beta runs on Android 4.0 or higher.

The ibVPN Android client beta is available to both paying clients and free trial users. All that is needed is an active ibVPN account. The app is not yet available on Google Play, but it can be downloaded direct from the ibVPN website. The app allows one-click access on Android mobile devices to ibVPN servers in 16 countries. This includes the dedicated P2P servers, will unlimited switching and bandwidth.

The company is hoping to get lots of feedback from their users, so they are encouraging anyone to download and test the app.We have tested the app ourselves, and find it easy to use. Once installed and run, the user can view the stats to see the data sent and received. The app also provides a link to check what IP data shows for a particular connection. The app also automatically selects a server location on startup. This is not necessarily the best location, so users are free to select a closer location from the dropdown list. Available servers are:

After testing, we found ibVPN speeds to be satisfactory. The features were good considering that it is a beta version. Paid subscriptions run from $3.08 per month with a 6-hour free trial.ibVPN also offers software for Windows and iOS.